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Moment, but hell get here. And when he does, it will shall the beginning of a twoday experience that catholics in the philadelphia archdiocese and the surrounding diocese, and people of all faiths in this region will never forget. It is one of the markers of the francis papacy at this point, that he has reached across religious divides. He has reached out to other religions. Number one, the eastern church, of course, but also judaism, islam, he wanted to bring everybody into the same tent and do...

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Congress along with abraham lincoln and martin luther king. dorothy day, the great apostle of social justice, thomas murton, the trappist monk and apostle of dialogue. both of them interestingly on the outs at different points in the church. so he is, you know, once again in terms of including people he is restoring these people to their rightful place in the church. >> picking up on that, the other two people he mentioned of course were as you said abraham lincoln and martin luther king. i find...

The world, because we came in contact with this unbelievable man. pope francis. >> i think there are a lot of us who would say amen to that, sir. wed appreciate that sentiment as well in so many ways. in addition to martin luther king, the pope also singled out thomas burton as one of four great americans. i understand that also had a great meaning to you. >> when he mentioned thomas murton, i was moved also because one of the books that i had in my backpack on march 7th, 1965, when we attempted...

Stumped by the thickness of the security apparatus on this trip. and there is real concern that it might get in the way of francis being able to be as accessible to people as he wanted to. but as you have just seen, francis is indefatigable in this regard. hes simply not going to be denied when he wants to make contact with people in situation like this one. >> its also a nice gesture towards the homeless. sister mary has worked with the home loos and project home in philadelphia for 40 years. s...

Day. a day that began in washington, d.c. with the first ever joint speech to congress. charlie, your thoughts on that speech. >> first of all, one of the interest things about it was we all got in the press gallery, we all got an advance text. none of the members of congress did. they didnt know what they were going to hear. secondly, when i read the advance text and i got to the four americans he was going to concentrate on. okay, abraham lincoln, martin luther king, those are automatic. dorot...

Ago across the street here in manhattan at st. patricks cathedral about nuns. lets listen to this. >> to you, sisters and mothers of this people, i wish to say thank you. [ applause ] >> sister simone campbell, your reaction to that and also your reaction to his speech at the joint session. >> well, im really touched by his response to women who are religious. and act ually it was his speech to congress, the very last paragraph felt like the explanation of our lives. like lincoln we work for lib...